to anyone who can answer – andy katz is reporting that 2 options are being considered for sampson. one of which is that Indiana could suspend Sampson without pay, in which case, according to Sampson’s contract, the coach would have 10 days to appeal. That means a suspension with the intention of firing once all the legal ducks are in a row, right?

if not, things sure have seemed to turn 180 degrees if Katz is correct since neither option involves firing. at least not in the near future.

Due process came in October. Since then the question came to what did he do when he had due process. It appears that the October process allowed him to get away with lying to his employers. The NCAA has a better process, since the HS kids want to play Div 1 ball, so they felt they had to talk to NCAA investigators. That proved that he lied to his employers.

The only due process he gets now is to have IU Administration figure out if the HS kids story is credible – since they can no longer trust KS. It is and he is done. He had a chance to fix it. He blew the chance. He got his one Do-over and threw it away.

He has been man enough to date not to whine or cry, so the fans should man up with him.

IU cannot allow a high profile employee lie to the administration in high profile situations, or they can never demand employee loyalty of any professor or janitor or student. Give up the idea of an honor code, just for KS? Not going to happen with good leaders.